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Surf’s Up

I started writing an ethical will for my three sons a couple of years ago.

I’ve never finished it because I have so much I want to tell them. I just don’t know where to stop.

An ethical will is a way to tell your loved ones your values, blessings, life lessons, hopes, and dreams for the future. It’s simple really.

It can actually be about anything you feel is valuable information to pass down to the next generation, and you do not have to wait to die to pass it on to your family members.

You can give them a copy at any time for any reason, or no reason at all.

It is not a legal document of any kind. It’s just thoughts and things you want to share.

Don’t we all have times when we wish we had one more moment in time to tell that special person something that we value deeply?

Here is just a tiny sampling of things I have written in my ethical will of words of wisdom I want to pass on to my children.

Life is hard no matter what path you go down.

The people beside you are hurting in some way just like you.

That’s just reality.

EVERYTHING depends on how YOU react to it.

You can try to find positive instead of looking for the negative.

It’s harder work, but it pays off with dividends: Joy.

I guarantee you’ll have joy if you learn to ride the wave instead of drowning in the wave.

Much Love and Many Prayers,

Cindy

JULY Chronic Pain Support Group Update:

I am waiting on the final go ahead from the community agency that is allowing me to lead a chronic pain support group at their facility locally.

I will now be making the flyers and cards to give out at doctor’s offices locally and to put up around town.

The dream is slowly coming together. I want to thank everyone that is supporting and encouraging me; specifically, my hubby. This is probably one of the craziest ideas I’ve ever thrown at him but he has never lost a step right beside me. Always & Forever.

Help My Mission of helping others live the best life they can with chronic pain.

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Photo Credit (I could not bring myself to crop the photo – the colors were too awesome- so it is too large but beautiful) by Paul Larkin on Unsplash

Thank you for your encouragement. We have a normal marriage with spats and disagreements but we finally are believing each other about our love and our intentions towards each other. I am blessed for sure because I cannot do this without him

Having a spouse with a chronic illness definitely makes marriage harder. So many people I talk to do not have a supportive spouse or family making more difficult. I’m trying to change the disconnect between the words, “I am in pain” and the understanding of those words.

I’m glad you liked the idea. I wish I could say it was something I came up with but I borrowed it from Google’s World Of Information after doing some research. I think you can call it whatever you want. For me, it was therapeutic, and it turned into writing again. I put it all out there so I can let it all go. I don’t know if that makes any sense to anyone but me.